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Plot

Squidward gets a call from his high school classmate, Squilliam Fancyson. He's very successful and succeeded in everything that Squidward failed in. He says that Squidward's band has to play instead of his own at the Bubble Bowl, but Squidward doesn't have a band. So, he makes one, comprised of all the citizens across Bikini Bottom. Disaster ensues when the band performs consistently bad.

On day two, while practicing a march, the twirlers spun so hard that they fly into the air and crash into a blimp, killing both of them in a fiery explosion They all Mourn, except for Squidward, who just collapses to the ground.

The last day turns into disaster. A major fight ensues when the band members insult each other, leaving Squidward to grieve over his failure. SpongeBob is ashamed of what they all did, so he takes command of the band when Squidward leaves and practice.

On the day of the concert, Squilliam shows up, apparently lying about having his band performance canceled so that he could humiliate his rival. Squidward's band shows up and he is forced to go through with the performance. Squidward turns his head away from the band before they begin, assuming that the performance will be a disaster, but the band is successful, playing a rock ballad. Squilliam goes into a state of shock and faints from a heart attack, leaving Squidward to celebrate his victory, his "Sweet Victory".

Notes

The footage of the football game is from a USFL game at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, home of the Memphis Showboats. Crowd members can be seen wearing Tampa Bay Bandits jerseys as well.

The song used in this episode, "Sweet Victory", was performed by David Glen Eisley of the 1980s heavy metal band, Giuffria.

When everyone in the room is conversing indistinguishably SpongeBob and Patrick are sitting next to each other. However, when Patrick asks if mayonnaise is an instrument, he is sitting next to Sandy. The only way this is possible is if SpongeBob was next to Patrick on his other side, but when Mr. Krabs asks when they get the free food, Sandy is on one side of the room (viewers' left) in the front row and SpongeBob is on the other side (viewers' right) in the center row.

Squidward leaves the Rec center for the final time, saying "I'll tell them you just died in a marching accident." Actually, two of the flag twirlers die after spinning too hard, causing them to fly into the air until they crash into a blimp. Right after, "Taps" is played in Memoriam of the two as all bow their heads, except Squidward, who just collapses to the street.

In this episode, it's revealed that Larry suffered heart failure from too many tanning pills.

Nicktoons in the UK aired the "Sweet Victory" scene on a continuous loop for a few days after Telewest decided to include them in their cable packages again.

The song that Squidward's band wanted to play was "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players.

Throughout the scenes of the rehearsals, people have been playing different instruments. For example, SpongeBob (on the first day) played the drums. Then (on day four) he played the trumpet. Also, Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff on the first day played the concertina (Mr. Krabs) and the clarinet (Mrs. Puff). On the fourth day, they both played the cymbals.

When Squidward asks the brass section to repeat after him, Pearl is seen with a saxophone. Although it is a woodwind instrument, it is often placed with the brass in marching bands. This is because the part for the tenor saxophone is usually shared with a euphonium or baritone.

In the Bahasa Malaysia version of this episode, the narrator went 'mute' when the title cards show up, so did the sports announcer when the band appeared at the stadium.

One of the flag twirlers who died on Day 2 appears on Day 4 saying "Hey, class is over."

SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs mistaken the people in the stadium for ugly looking mutated fish since they never seen humans before besides "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" but the "Cyclops" never takes his helmet off.

In the beginning of the episode, when Squilliam calls Squidward, Squilliam tells Squidward that he is busy, and can't make it. But, at the end of the episode, Squilliam shows up to watch Squidward humiliate himself.

Just before the clock struck 10:00, Patrick kicks Sandy again, and she runs after him, but when the scene from the clock turning 10:00, there is another man trying to beat up Sandy and Patrick was off the scene, but when everyone was leaving, he was with someone else.